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Denier Bracteate - Mestwin II Tczew mint
| Issuer | Duchy of East Pomerania |
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| Year | 1266-1294 |
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| Currency | Denier (1217-1308) |
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| Reverse description | Incuse reverse, as is characteristic of all bracteate coinage, showing the mirror-image impression of the obverse design in intaglio. The concentric circular depressions and central figural element are visible in negative relief across the irregular, dished flan. No separate reverse die was employed; the reverse is entirely the product of the single-sided striking technique inherent to bracteate manufacture. |
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| Mint | Tczew mint |
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Mestwin II ruled East Pomerania during a period of relentless dynastic pressure from the Margraves of Brandenburg, who systematically absorbed Pomeranian territories throughout the second half of the 13th century. His 1282 Treaty of Kępno with the Polish duke Przemysł II was a calculated survival move — ceding Pomerelia to Poland upon his death rather than see it swallowed by Brandenburg. The Tczew mint operated within this contested political geography, and bracteates from this reign are accordingly scarce; thin-flan silver coinage of this weight rarely survives intact after seven centuries, and the political instability of the duchy did nothing to encourage careful hoarding.